With some 500 color photos, this guide shows and describes how to identify more than 500 healing plants in the wild, with information on where the plants are found and their known medical uses. The ...(Read More)

In 1837, charting Guiana in the Amazon for Great Britain, German naturalist Robert Schomburgk discovered an astounding water lily whose leaves were five or six feet across and whose flowers were ...(Read More)

In a coastline as long and diverse as India's, fish inhabit the heart of many worlds—food of course, but also culture, commerce, sport, history, and society. International journalist Samanth ...(Read More)

Food is the new oil, says Lester Brown; and land is the new gold. The author of the Plan B series of books, the president of the Earth Policy Institute, and "one of the pioneers and heroes of global ...(Read More)

The faculty of the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine—which treats more than eight thousand older dogs every year—offers this illustrated guide to healthy aging for dogs, with detailed ...(Read More)

Perhaps you just like to keep colorful stones, or maybe you're looking for gold nuggets or even meteorites. In addition to identifying and classifying hundreds of minerals and gemstones likely to be ...(Read More)

Illustrated with more than 300 color photos and more than 500 drawings and diagrams, this practical guide to the wild animals of Britain and the Continent identifies the tracks, trails, and signs of ...(Read More)

Featuring more than 100 striking plants grown for their colorful or exotic flowers and foliage, illustrated with full-page color photos, this book surveys beautiful cultivars that have proved ...(Read More)

Illustrated with striking full-page color photos, this book surveys 103 decorative shrubs—plants that grow less than 18 feet high and are recommended as screens, accents, or border hedges—and ...(Read More)

Along with breathtaking images of natural wonders and human activity in the great out-of-doors, Outside magazine is also known for its "Parting Shot": one last image of an unexpected, bizarre, ...(Read More)